From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro and MOD
Date: 9 Mar 1997 08:16:38 GMT
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Guess (times9 AT clark DOT net) writes:
> Hello,
> This is to Shawn..but I don't have his email address anymore.. so I hope
> people don't mind me using this list to get through to him. Anyway, it's
> somewhat related to djgpp.. :>
> I was just wondering if there is any plan on making Allegro be able to
> play MOD or S3M files? Just the MOD files..if the list is too long. Am I
> wrong or are there many people who like to use MOD files as background
> music? I find that the MOD's sound better and I'd love to be able to play
> MOD file with allegro instead of having to use another library to play the
> file. I wish I can aid in some way of implementing it, but at the
> moment..I'm clueless about too many things to be of any help :) Just a
> thought. Since we're on the topic...can anyone point me to where I can
> find information on coding a mod player to work as a background music? Or
> am I getting into something too over my head ..? :) Thanks for reading!

I think there's a library called MikAlleg that fits this bill.

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Paul Derbyshire ao950 AT freenet DOT carleton DOT ca, http://chat.carleton.ca/~pderbysh